New York Mountains

Coordinates: 35°22′12″N 115°9′42″W / 35.37°N 115.16167°W / 35.37; -115.16167

New York Mountains
Mountain Range
New York Mountains from Nipton Road across the Ivanpah Valley
Country	United States
States	California, Nevada
Region	Mojave National Preserve ((southeast)-Mojave Desert)
Municipalities	San Bernrdino County, CA, Clark County, NV
City	Ivanpah, CA–Cima, CA
Coordinates	35°22′12″N 115°9′42″W / 35.37°N 115.16167°W / 35.37; -115.16167
Highest point	unnamed
- elevation	7,533 ft (2,296 m)
Length	30 mi (48 km), SW-NE
Width	14 mi (23 km)
Timezone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Topo map	USGS Castle Peaks
New York Mountains of California–Nevada [1]

The New York Mountains are found in northeastern San Bernardino County in California, USA; the range's northeast lies in southeast Nevada. The range lies just south of the small community of Ivanpah, and north of the Lanfair Valley. The mountains are part of the mountain ranges, cones, mountains, and landforms in the Mojave National Preserve. The mountains reach an elevation of 7,533 feet (2,296 m),^[2] and run in a mostly southwest-northeasterly direction between the Providence Mountains and the McCullough Range approximately five miles into Nevada and border the northwest corner of the Piute Valley of Nevada-California.

The New York Mountains are part of the southeast border of the Great Basin Divide; the Sacramento Wash (California), the western part of the Piute Wash Watershed^[3] empties eastward into the south-flowing stretch of the Colorado River.

Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains

Description

The New York Mountains are a southwest by northeast trending range, about 30 miles (48 km) long, the northeast in Nevada. The northeast of the range is at a converging point of mountains and valleys, just southwest of Searchlight, NV. The Piute Valley drains southeast, and the Castle Mountains of Nevada merge with the north of the Piute Range, the western border of the valley.

Where the ranges converge, the southwest of the endorheic Eldorado Valley drains northward. The southern end of the McCullough Range, the west border of the Eldorado Valley, also converges with the other three. The southwest Eldorado also has a Desert Bighorn Sheep habitat, not public accessible, the Highland Range Bighorn Sheep Habitat.

For flora of this area, see Flora of the California desert regions.

Northwest of the New York Mountains, the Ivanpah Valley begins draining slightly northwest then turns north into Nevada. The extensive McCullough's border east, and two playas are in the Ivanpah Valley's north, Roach Lake, and Ivanpah Dry Lake. The Interstate 15 in Nevada route passes through the dry lakes.

See also

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• Mojave National Preserve

References

1. ^ "New York Mountains". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:255656. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
2. ^ Unnamed peak, Peakbagger
3. ^ Piute Wash Watershed, EPA

External links

• New York Mountains, Peakbagger
• Crescent Peak, northeast (coord)
• Castle Peaks subregion, summitpost. (coord, 35.36989-N, 115.16176-W) (1712.06m)
• Piute Wash Watershed, EPA, Nevada to California